Global Tag League

The Global Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin tag team tournament held by Pro Wrestling NOAH. It was created in 2008.

The Global Tag League is held under a points system, with two points for a win, one for a time limit draw and none for a loss. The team finishing atop the points standings are the winners. Matches in the Global Tag League have a 30-minute time limit, which is the same as matches for NOAH's GHC Tag Team Championship.

In the below results, (C) signifies the GHC Tag Team Champions at the time of each tournament.

1 Results
2 References
3 See also

Results

List of winners

2008

The 2008 Global Tag League featured nine teams, and was held from March 29 to April 27.^[1]

Final standings
Wrestlers	Score
Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith	10
Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Rikio	9
Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura (C)	9
Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa	9
D'Lo Brown & Buchanan	8
Takeshi Morishima & Mohammed Yone	8
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki	8
Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama	7
Go Shiozaki & Akira Taue	4

Results	Akiyama Rikio	Brown Buchanan	Marufuji Sugiura	Misawa Ogawa	Morishima Yone	Nakajima Sasaki	Saito Smith	Sano Takayama	Shiozaki Taue
Akiyama Rikio	X	Akiyama Rikio (20:50)	Akiyama Rikio (23:06)	Akiyama Rikio (2:31)	Akiyama Rikio (19:55)	Nakajima Sasaki (22:17)	Saito Smith (23:02)	Sano Takayama (21:06)	Draw (30:00)
Brown Buchanan	Akiyama Rikio (20:50)	X	Brown Buchanan (28:02)	Brown Buchanan (2:08)	Morishima Yone (23:26)	Nakajima Sasaki (22:23)	Brown Buchanan (23:51)	Brown Buchanan (10:42)	Shiozaki Taue (18:05)
Marufuji Sugiura	Akiyama Rikio (23:06)	Brown Buchanan (28:02)	X	Draw (30:00)	Marufuji Sugiura (24:47)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	Marufuji Sugiura (21:40)	Marufuji Sugiura (19:14)
Misawa Ogawa	Akiyama Rikio (2:31)	Brown Buchanan (2:08)	Draw (30:00)	X	Misawa Ogawa (1:48)	Misawa Ogawa (18:46)	Saito Smith (17:16)	Misawa Ogawa (12:14)	Misawa Ogawa (18:54)
Morishima Yone	Akiyama Rikio (19:55)	Morishima Yone (23:26)	Marufuji Sugiura (24:47)	Misawa Ogawa (1:48)	X	Draw (30:00)	Morishima Yone (26:06)	Draw (30:00)	Morishima Yone (20:00)
Nakajima Sasaki	Nakajima Sasaki (22:17)	Nakajima Sasaki (22:23)	Draw (30:00)	Misawa Ogawa (18:46)	Draw (30:00)	X	Saito Smith (22:14)	Sano Takayama (23:49)	Nakajima Sasaki (23:42)
Saito Smith	Saito Smith (23:02)	Brown Buchanan (23:51)	Draw (30:00)	Saito Smith (17:16)	Morishima Yone (26:06)	Saito Smith (22:14)	X	Saito Smith (20:07)	Draw (30:00)
Sano Takayama	Sano Takayama (21:06)	Brown Buchanan (10:42)	Marufuji Sugiura (21:40)	Misawa Ogawa (12:14)	Draw (30:00)	Sano Takayama (23:49)	Saito Smith (20:07)	X	Sano Takayama (21:43)
Shiozaki Taue	Draw (30:00)	Shiozaki Taue (18:05)	Marufuji Sugiura (19:14)	Misawa Ogawa (18:54)	Morishima Yone (20:00)	Nakajima Sasaki (23:42)	Draw (30:00)	Sano Takayama (21:43)	X

2009

The 2009 Global Tag League featured eight teams, and was held from April 11 to May 6.^[2]

Final standings
Wrestlers	Score
Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki	9
Takeshi Morishima & Kensuke Sasaki	8
Takeshi Rikio & Mohammed Yone	8
Akitoshi Saito & Bison Smith (C)	8
Takashi Sugiura & Yoshihiro Takayama	8
D'Lo Brown & Buchanan	7
Jun Akiyama & Shuhei Taniguchi	6
Masao Inoue & Akira Taue	2

Results	Akiyama Taniguchi	Brown Buchanan	Inoue Taue	Misawa Shiozaki	Morishima Sasaki	Rikio Yone	Saito Smith	Sugiura Takayama
Akiyama Taniguchi	X	Akiyama Taniguchi (18:24)	Akiyama Taniguchi (19:34)	Misawa Shiozaki (24:23)	Morishima Sasaki (3:39)	Akiyama Taniguchi (5:00)	Saito Smith (19:26)	Sugiura Takayama (16:12)
Brown Buchanan	Akiyama Taniguchi (18:24)	X	Brown Buchanan (10:56)	Misawa Shiozaki (22:02)	Brown Buchanan (18:08)	Rikio Yone (19:43)	Brown Buchanan (19:28)	Draw (30:00)
Inoue Taue	Akiyama Taniguchi (19:34)	Brown Buchanan (10:56)	X	Misawa Shiozaki (20:57)	Morishima Sasaki (13:35)	Rikio Yone (14:20)	Saito Smith (14:53)	Inoue Taue (16:27)
Misawa Shiozaki	Misawa Shiozaki (24:23)	Misawa Shiozaki (22:02)	Misawa Shiozaki (20:57)	X	Misawa Shiozaki (22:53)	Draw (30:00)	Saito Smith (19:43)	Sugiura Takayama (21:51)
Morishima Sasaki	Morishima Sasaki (3:39)	Brown Buchanan (18:08)	Morishima Sasaki (13:35)	Misawa Shiozaki (22:53)	X	Draw (30:00)	Morishima Sasaki (21:47)	Draw (30:00)
Rikio Yone	Akiyama Taniguchi (5:00)	Rikio Yone (19:43)	Rikio Yone (14:20)	Draw (30:00)	Draw (30:00)	X	Saito Smith (5:54)	Rikio Yone (20:51)
Saito Smith	Saito Smith (19:26)	Brown Buchanan (19:28)	Saito Smith (14:53)	Saito Smith (19:43)	Morishima Sasaki (21:47)	Saito Smith (5:54)	X	Sugiura Takayama (18:47)
Sugiura Takayama	Sugiura Takayama (16:12)	Draw (30:00)	Inoue Taue (16:27)	Sugiura Takayama (21:51)	Draw (30:00)	Rikio Yone (20:51)	Sugiura Takayama (18:47)	X

2010

The 2010 Global Tag League ran from January 9 through January 24. It was the first edition of the Global Tag League featuring a block system, with eight teams in two blocks of four. The top finishing teams from each block met in the final.^[3]

Final standings
Block A		Block B
Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama	6	Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi	5
Takeshi Morishima & Kensuke Sasaki	4	Takeshi Rikio & Mohammed Yone (C)	3
Akitoshi Saito & Go Shiozaki	2	Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe	2
Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero	0	Bison Smith & Keith Walker	2

Block A	Castagnoli/Hero	Morishima/Sasaki	Saito/Shiozaki	Sano/Takayama
Castagnoli/Hero	X	Morishima/Sasaki (17:00)	Saito/Shiozaki (22:45)	Sano/Takayama (12:40)
Morishima/Sasaki	Morishima/Sasaki (17:00)	X	Morishima/Sasaki (17:17)	Sano/Takayama (15:58)
Saito/Shiozaki	Saito/Shiozaki (22:45)	Morishima/Sasaki (17:17)	X	Sano/Takayama (18:42)
Sano/Takayama	Sano/Takayama (12:40)	Sano/Takayama (15:58)	Sano/Takayama (18:42)	X
Block B	Honma/Makabe	Rikio/Yone	Smith/Walker	Sugiura/Taniguchi
Honma/Makabe	X	Rikio/Yone (17:11)	Honma/Makabe (15:10)	Sugiura/Taniguchi (11:29)
Rikio/Yone	Rikio/Yone (17:11)	X	Smith/Walker (17:21)	Draw (30:00)
Smith/Walker	Honma/Makabe (15:10)	Smith/Walker (17:21)	X	Sugiura/Taniguchi (21:00)
Sugiura/Taniguchi	Sugiura/Taniguchi (11:29)	Draw (30:00)	Sugiura/Taniguchi (21:00)	X

Final

A1	Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama	Pin
B1	Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi	24:05

2011

The 2011 Global Tag League ran from April 16 to April 29 in the tournament's original round-robin format.^[4]

Final standings
Wrestlers	Score
Akitoshi Saito & Jun Akiyama	10
Takuma Sano & Yoshihiro Takayama (C)	9
Go Shiozaki & Shuhei Taniguchi	8
Mohammed Yone & Takashi Sugiura	8
Takeshi Morishima & Yutaka Yoshie	8
Bison Smith & Masao Inoue	5
Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli	4
Kensuke Sasaki & Kento Miyahara	4

Results	Saito Akiyama	Smith Inoue	Hero Castagnoli	Shiozaki Taniguchi	Yone Sugiura	Sasaki Miyahara	Morishima Yoshie	Sano Takayama
Saito Akiyama	X	Saito Akiyama (17:34)	Saito Akiyama (16:13)	Saito Akiyama (16:46)	Saito Akiyama (20:45)	Sasaki Miyahara (3:08)	Morishima Yoshie (16:27)	Saito Akiyama (13:53)
Smith Inoue	Saito Akiyama (17:34)	X	Smith Inoue (14:19)	Shiozaki Taniguchi (21:43)	Draw (30:00)	Sasaki Miyahara (18:45)	Smith Inoue (17:20)	Sano Takayama (17:13)
Hero Castagnoli	Saito Akiyama (16:13)	Smith Inoue (14:19)	X	Shiozaki Taniguchi (18:45)	Yone Sugiura (24:30)	Hero Castagnoli (17:48)	Morishima Yoshie (23:21)	Hero Castagnoli (14:15)
Shiozaki Taniguchi	Saito Akiyama (16:46)	Shiozaki Taniguchi (21:43)	Shiozaki Taniguchi (18:45)	X	Draw (30:00)	Shiozaki Taniguchi (20:21)	Morishima Yoshie (19:03)	Draw (30:00)
Yone Sugiura	Saito Akiyama (20:45)	Draw (30:00)	Yone Sugiura (24:30)	Draw (30:00)	X	Yone Sugiura (14:05)	Yone Sugiura (15:46)	Sano Takayama (25:56)
Sasaki Miyahara	Sasaki Miyahara (3:08)	Sasaki Miyahara (18:45)	Hero Castagnoli (17:48)	Shiozaki Taniguchi (20:21)	Yone Sugiura (14:05)	X	Morishima Yoshie (15:13)	Sano Takayama (13:24)
Morishima Yoshie	Morishima Yoshie (16:27)	Smith Inoue (17:20)	Morishima Yoshie (23:21)	Morishima Yoshie (19:03)	Yone Sugiura (15:46)	Morishima Yoshie (15:13)	X	Sano Takayama (14:37)
Sano Takayama	Saito Akiyama (13:53)	Sano Takayama (17:13)	Hero Castagnoli (14:15)	Draw (30:00)	Sano Takayama (25:56)	Sano Takayama (13:24)	Sano Takayama (14:37)	X

References

^ "Global Tag Team Tournament 2008". Pro Wrestling NOAH. http://www.noah-usa.cc/Global%20Tag%20Team%20Tournament%202008.html. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
^ "Global Tag Team Tournament 2009". Pro Wrestling NOAH. http://www.noah-usa.cc/global%20tag%20team%20tournament%202009.html. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
^ "Global Tag Team Tournament 2010". Pro Wrestling NOAH. http://www.noah-usa.cc/Global%20Tag%20Team%20Tournament%202010.html. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
^ "Global Tag Team League Tournament 2011". Pro Wrestling NOAH. http://www.noah-usa.cc/Global%20Tag%20Team%20Tournament%202011.html. Retrieved April 27, 2011.